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I have retrieved the original tax invoice from my file and the total cost of the shed with modified parts was $916 way back in 2007. That's an expensive price to pay for a garden shed. However, it is a top quality shed which will last decades without corrosion. I cannot recollect the details, but I was definitely charged a premium for the modifications, but decided it would cost far more in time and money to try to cut or manufacture the parts myself. I wasn't actually the brains behind the detailed design. I worked closely with my skiing buddy who was the former head of a mechanical workshop and brilliant with all things practical. We provided precise descriptions of all the modified parts and that must have helped to keep the costs down. That is, Shed City did not provide a "custom observatory design service". If you want to go down the garden shed path, I would inspect and study standard models, ask for the CAD drawings or take a tape measure, and then carefully decide on the modifications so you can tell the manufacturer exactly what you want.
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